Editing Puftup

{{Distinguish|[[Pufftup]], a similar enemy in [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]}}

|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2 art.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

'''Puftups''', also called '''Puffer Fish''',<ref>{{cite|author=Lockhart, Ryan|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide|publisher=Versus Books|language=en-us|page=57}}</ref> are [[list of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. These {{iw|wikipedia|porcupinefish|porcupine fish}}<ref name=PorcupineFish>{{file link|DKC general naming.jpg|Early ''Donkey Kong Country'' general naming sheet}}</ref> inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]]. Puftup's name is a reference to its ability to get "puffed up".

Puftups are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. They will inflate themselves whenever the [[Kong]]s approach them, with blue and green-colored variants additionally being able to explode and release spikes in each cardinal and ordinal direction respectively. Brown Puftups do not explode, instead deflating themselves shortly after inflating. Puftups can be defeated by [[Enguarde]], although he is still vulnerable to their spikes. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], all Puftups are brown, regardless of behavior. In the cast roll, a Puftup is categorized under the "[[Submerged Seadogs]]" category.

Puftups are also enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', though they can no longer explode to attack. Puftups commonly swim up and down puffing in and out.

Puftups are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They were changed to purple. Puftups are usually stationary and act more like hazards than enemies: if the active Kong approaches a Puftup, it explodes like an aquatic mine. [[Puftoss]], the boss of [[Gloomy Galleon]] and fourth overall boss, is a large Puftup. A few mobile Puftups appear in the surrounding water during the boss fight against [[King Kut Out]].

Puftups are enemies in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. They were changed to silver, and they inhabit the bog of [[Ghost Island]]. A deflated Puftup can be defeated from a charge attack.

 

==Profiles and statistics==

|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2GBA.png]] [[File:DKC2GBA Puftup swollen.png]]

|levels=[[Lava Lagoon (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lava Lagoon]]<br>[[Glimmer's Galleon (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Glimmer's Galleon]]<br>[[Arctic Abyss (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Arctic Abyss]]<br>[[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Clapper's Cavern]]<br>[[Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Animal Antics]]

|photo_location=In [[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Clapper's Cavern]]

|Eng=Slowly, but steadily, Puftup rises from the depths, getting bigger and bigger as he puffs himself up. Watch out for his spines!''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' manual|page=31|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995}}</ref>}}

|Jpn=パフタップ

|JpnR=Pafutappu

|JpnM=Puftup

==Notes==

[[File:SwellBelly_Puffed.png|thumb|A Swellbelly in ''Banjo-Tooie'']]